Obituaries
Evelyn F. Semling
Jan 5, 2017
Evelyn Francis Semling, 92, of Merrill, Wisconsin, died on January 5, 2017 at Woodland Court Elder Services. She was born on February 10, 1924 in Hudson, Wisconsin the daughter of the late Rudolph and Bessie Eckert. Evelyn grew up in Eckert’s Merrill West Side Bakery helping, along with her two siblings and parents, to run the business. She graduated...
Michael P. Duginski
Jan 5, 2017
Michael P. Duginski, age 59, of Merrill, died unexpectedly at his home of natural causes on Thursday, January 5, 2017. Michael was born July 11, 1957, in Merrill, son of Lawrence and Mary Duginski. Michael was a graduate of Merrill Senior High School. He was currently employed at Semco of Merrill. Michael enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a...
Dennis W. Olsen
Jan 5, 2017
Dennis William Olsen, age 68, loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin. Born on June 3, 1948 to Alice and William D. Olsen in Madison, WI. Dennis grew up in the Madison area and graduated from Madison West High School in 1967. He then joined the...
Roger 'Budda' English
Dec 28, 2016
Roger A. ‘Budda’ English, 87, of Merrill, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Pine Crest Nursing Home, Merrill, surrounded by his loving family. Budda was born October 29, 1929, in Merrill, son of the late Prentiss and Helen (Nugent) English. He married Lenore Haffemann on October 30, 1954. She survives. Budda retired as a head cashier at the...
Dorothy G. Gennrich
Dec 26, 2016
Dorothy G. Gennrich, age 100, of Merrill, passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016, at Woodland Court, Merrill, with her son Bud at her side. Dorothy was born July 20, 1916, in Merrill, daughter of the late Walter and Anna Reinke. She married Arnold L. Gennrich on June 28, 1947, in Merrill, and he preceded her in death on...
Arthur E. 'Bud' Taylor, Jr.
Dec 25, 2016
Obituary for Arthur E (Bud) Taylor. Bud was born on February 25, 1923 on his grandfather’s farm in the Town of Scott, Lincoln County, Wisconsin to Laura Ashbrenner Taylor and Arthur E. Taylor, Sr. After living in Rib Lake, he moved to Merrill in 1934 where he attended St. John Grade School. He graduated from Merrill High School in...
David H. Woller
Dec 24, 2016
David H. Woller, age 79, of Merrill, passed away at his home on Saturday, December 24, 2016. David was born May 18, 1937, in the town of Maine, Marathon County, son of the late Sigmund and Adela (Kasten) Woller. He married Donna D. Jabas on August 20, 1956. She survives. David was employed for nearly 30 years with the...
Grace B. Lau
Dec 24, 2016
Grace B. Lau, 83, of Merrill, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016, at Pine Crest Nursing Home, Merrill. Grace was born July 20, 1933, in Merrill, daughter of the late Otto and Martha (Saeger) Utecht. She married Herbert Lau on July 11, 1953. He survives. Grace had worked at the former Jeanne’s Dress Shop in Merrill. She eventually became...
Ruth Mitchell
Dec 22, 2016
Ruth E. Mitchell, age 80, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 22, 2016, at her home while surrounded by her loving family and under the care of Ministry Home Care Hospice. She was born on March 11, 1936 to the late Paul and Shirley (Wedin) Raarup in Ashland, WI. Ruth attended and graduated from Washburn High School and went on...
Peter D. 'Pete' Brown
Dec 21, 2016
Peter D. ‘Pete’ Brown, age 71, of the Gleason area, died Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at his home. Pete was born November 9, 1945, in Merrill, son of the late David and Margaret (Pommorin) Brown. Pete had been employed at the former Ward Paper Company in Merrill. He also did landscaping at a medical clinic in Merrill, along with...
Karol J. 'Jim' Okray
Dec 16, 2016
Karol J. ‘Jim’ Okray, age 91, of Merrill, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. Jim was born December 4, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, son of the late Joseph and Blanche Okray. He married Betty Heller on May 29, 1948, in Merrill. She survives. Jim had worked at the former Ward Paper Company, Merrill, and...
Robert "Bob" H. Buss
Dec 15, 2016
Robert H. ‘Bob’ Buss, age 83, of Merrill, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at home under the care of his family and hospice care. Bob was born October 5, 1933, in Merrill, son of the late William and Ella Buss. He married Donna (Rusch) Schmidt on July 2, 1998. She survives. After being honorably discharged from the...
Dorothy Golisch
Dec 12, 2016
Dorothy Evelyn Golisch, age 89, died on Monday, December 12, 2016 at Pine Crest Nursing Home while under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice Services. She was born on August 4, 1927 to the late Herman and Ella (Krueger) Scheffler Sr. in Wausau, WI. She met and fell in love with Roy Golisch, and the two exchanged vows...
Diane M. Pichelman
Dec 11, 2016
Diane M. Pichelman, age 66, of Plover, formerly of Merrill, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Diane was born December 24, 1949, in Merrill, daughter of the late Norman and Leona (Baumann) Schmidt. She married Rodney Pichelman on August 3, 1968, and he preceded her in death on November...
Eleanore Koelsch
Dec 11, 2016
Eleanore M. Koelsch, age 97, of Athens passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Applegate Care Terrace. She was born February 26, 1919 to the late Edwin and Elsie (Giese) Sturm in the Town of Maine. Eleanore married Ervin Koelsch on September 24, 1938. He preceded her in death September 27, 2001. They worked side by side managing the...
Alvin Steffenhagen
Dec 10, 2016
Alvin "Snuffy" Steffenhagen, 85, of Merrill, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at his home while under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care & Hospice, and surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 27, 1931 in Merrill to the late Albert and Elsie (Hartwig) Steffenhagen. He married Bernette Barkow on September 1, 1956 at Trinity Lutheran...
Phyllis Severt
Dec 10, 2016
Phyllis Ann (Evenson) Severt 68, of Rothschild, formerly of Merrill died Saturday, Dec. 10th, 2016 after years of struggling with depression. Phyllis lived in Assisted Living Facilities in the Wausau area for many years. Preceding her in death were Robert Yaatenen, her first husband and Gene Severt, her second husband and also her parents Edward and Annette Evenson all of...
Solange V. North
Dec 9, 2016
Solange Anderson North, age 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, December 9, 2016 at Woodland Court Assisted Living in Merrill, Wisconsin. Solange was born in Ambercrombie, North Dakota on November 16, 1923 to Albert and Germaine Anderson. The family ran a restaurant diner in the little town. Eventually the family moved to Barnesville, Minnesota and ran...
Marlene Fechtner
Dec 8, 2016
Marlene S. (Pankow) Fechtner, age 74, died Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Merrill, WI. Marlene was born May 5, 1942 in Merrill, WI to Ruth (Lemke) and Leslie Pankow and was raised in the Town of Pine River. Marlene graduated Merrill High School in 1960. After graduating from Lincoln County Normal Teacher’s School in 1962 she...
Duginski Ralph
Dec 4, 2016
Ralph Joseph Duginski, age 82, of Merrill, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Wausau Manor surrounded by his family and former neighbor and friend of 40 years, Wayne Voight. Ralph was born on November 16, 1934 in Merrill to the late Paul and Constance (Kolasinski) Duginski. He was married to Jean Anne Frost in Clintonville, WI in 1956. They...
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